---
title: "utcnow"
sidebarTitle: "utcnow"
---

### Input

N/A

### Output

datetime.datetime object represents utcnow

### Example

```yaml
actions:
  - name: trigger-slack
    condition:
      - type: threshold
    # datetime_compare(t1, t2) compares t1-t2 and returns the diff in hours
    #   utcnow() returns the local machine datetime in UTC
    #   to_utc() converts a datetime to UTC
    value: keep.datetime_compare(keep.utcnow(), keep.to_utc("{{ steps.this.results[0][0] }}"))
    compare_to: 1 # hours
    compare_type: gt # greater than
```
